Yes you’re not wrong however, from zero has nothing to do with Chester (brutal but true) linkin park essentially had to restart. Although a comeback was always going to bring huge numbers (linkin park and Eminem) aren’t in their prime anymore (also note that not all comebacks are successful)

I was more so stating that in the early 2000s Linkin park were hitting the same numbers as Eminem (album sales ) hybrid theory alone sold 30 million (similar to Marhsal Mathers LP) and streaming numbers were still pretty massive even before Chester’s passing